Chapter 48: The Ancestor's Raging Fury!
“Damn it! Finally decided to come in?”
Li Xiang watched the tiny figures on the screen enter the village, his mouth twitching slightly. Despite accelerating time, he had nearly finished his second cup of milk tea before the Longhu brothers issued the attack order.
He could even clearly hear their communication through the footage.
Soon enough, the Longhu brothers, along with over two hundred disciples, stormed into the Li family estate in the dead of night.
With lightning speed and precision, they charged directly to the location where the Li family’s experts were reported to be.
The Longhu brothers burst into the ancestral hall, attempting to assassinate the Li family’s strongest warrior, the Purple Thunder Sky Yang Python.
Dozens of flying swords radiated brilliant light, as the cultivators unleashed surging primal energy!
Then...
[The Purple Thunder Sky Yang Python stood before the ancestral hall, launching the first attack; the Longhu brothers sensed something was amiss.]
[Your descendant Li Yaozu led 300 members of the Black Blood Hall from the cellar, using a gun array formation with Xu Cuihua, instantly killing 58 of the Longhu sect. Li Yaozu asks if you wish to spare the remaining 42 lives.]
[Your descendant Li Yaotie, along with eight members of the Li family chanting "Soldiers and fighters advance in formation," and the remaining cultivators of Zhien Village, formed a “Gathering Spirit Encirclement Array” with nearly two hundred magical weapons, sealing off every possible escape route within Zhien Village! Li Yaotie asks if you want to gradually trap everyone.]
[Within Zhien Village, an eighth-grade Blood Spirit Fruit tree senses danger. Its roots burst through the soil, dancing in the darkness! It can feel the enemy’s hostility and asks your ancestral spirit if it may feast on the blood of the living tonight.]
“What the hell???”
Li Xiang was stunned. He knew the Longhu sect posed no real threat.
But...
Their attack had only just begun—and it was already over!
Only the torches lit within Zhien Village illuminated the drenched and trapped Longhu brothers, sweating profusely.
“Impossible... how could this happen?”
Kuang Long gritted his teeth. Seeing the full strength of Zhien Village and the Li family’s experts revealed, he realized that no matter how cautious he had been, everything he saw was an illusion crafted by the Li family!
Moreover, the Li family’s lower-tier power far exceeded his intelligence reports.
And...
Li Dalong and Xu Cuihua, along with twelve spirit beasts, circled overhead, while the Purple Thunder Sky Yang Python attacked with thunderous strikes on the ground.
“Ahu, let’s run. As long as we survive, the Longhu sect will never fall!”
Li Xiang immediately sensed the Longhu brothers’ thoughts from the screen.
To be honest, with the war puppet still unrepaired and without Silver Iron Forest’s help, the Li family likely couldn’t stop two false Dan-stage masters from fleeing now.
But...
“Trying to escape?!”
Li Xiang moved his mouse to the clan skill menu—
[Ancestor’s Wrath, Skill Level Lv.1, unlocked after 50 years of clan development.]
[Consume 5000 incense points to advance the skill?]
This skill was one of Li Xiang’s main offensive tools.
It could be upgraded once the clan reached 50 years.
It was also his secret weapon that allowed the Li family to take the initiative in attacking outsiders during turbulent times, though the clan had always been cautious.
Today, the moment had finally come to use it!
“Advance!”
Without hesitation, Li Xiang clicked “Yes.”
Instantly, every Li family descendant in Zhien Village stirred slightly, radiant purple light blazing brilliantly in the darkness.
“Hey? It moved, the ancestor’s spirit tablet moved!”
“The ancestor manifests again! He’s been fighting alongside us all along!”
“Dad was right—the ancestor’s spirit tablet can fly on its own. This is our mysterious, invincible ancestor!”
The Li family members were ecstatic.
Especially Li Yaotie’s seven burly sons, wide-eyed and fixated on the sky, filled with fervent awe as if witnessing a true deity.
[Your skill “Ancestor’s Wrath” is advancing to—]
[“Ancestor’s Wrath Unleashed!”]
[Activating skill “Ancestor’s Wrath Unleashed,” consuming 500 incense points.]
“My incense points!”
Li Xiang winced painfully. The skill “Love from the Ancestor” had already advanced to “Ancestor’s Warmth,” which required only 20 incense points per use, though it had cost 500 points to upgrade.
But upgrading an attack skill really stung!
“You’ll compensate my incense points!”
Without hesitation, Li Xiang clicked on the Longhu brothers on the screen. A small dot pulsed over their figures.
In an instant, all the ancestral spirit tablets floating in the sky burst with dazzling light, leaping and bounding through the night sky!
“What is that?”
The Longhu brothers, already fleeing from the Li family’s assault, turned pale as they saw the surrounding spirit tablets. Wild Dragon exclaimed in alarm, “Those aren’t ordinary tablets! They’re special spiritual artifacts, each possessing the strength of a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator!”
They intended to escape.
But those spirit tablets, as if possessed of eyes, relentlessly tracked their positions. Even invisibility couldn’t save them!
Especially since the spirit tablets, once common objects, now had the hardness of supreme magical instruments, making them nearly indestructible even to false Dan-stage attacks!
“What kind of magical weapon is this?!”
“This is bad! This weapon has some unknown power—what is that?!”
The Longhu brothers threw out their trump cards, fighting desperately against the spirit tablets, but their courage faltered again.
Within the weapon, a shadowy figure obscured by black mist appeared suddenly, leaping forth and striking them with punches.
In just one minute of resistance, they discerned a pattern. Wild Dragon shouted, “Ahu, watch out! This thing manifests a shadow every four finger snaps, delivering fifteen punches each time, each with mid Foundation Establishment-level power!”
To hell with the Li family’s destruction—Wild Dragon now realized this clan was a den of demons!
...
Five minutes later.
The Longhu brothers, who had come from Qingyun County and once escaped after trading blows with Golden Core cultivators, now lay fallen from the sky.
[Despite the Longhu brothers’ passionate combined magic, the ancestral spirit tablets’ relentless tracking prevented their destruction. Ultimately, Kuang Hu was pierced through the chest by a spirit tablet and pulverized by multiple shadow punches. Kuang Long was surrounded by Li family members, incapacitated by Li Dalong who destroyed his dantian, and captured.]
“Ancestor’s power is beyond Golden Core!”
Li Dalong gazed in awe at the spirit tablets floating in the sky, kneeling with his descendants to offer respect.
From Kuang Long’s viewpoint, trapped and weakened, barely lucid, he realized: “So... you truly have an ancestor. These spirit tablets are controlled by powerful cultivators... I don’t regret losing.”
He knew that if the Li family dared invoke the word “ancestor” before him, survival was impossible.
He intended to commit suicide to avoid torture.
But then the Li family’s temple guardian beast let out a howl. Li Dalong suddenly understood and coldly said, “Kuang Long, tell us everything you know.”
“Kill me then,” Kuang Long sneered disdainfully.
But his smile soon faded. Li Dalong snorted, “You could say nothing and die clean. But think carefully—if you came to the Li family, the Li family can come to the Longhu sect. You don’t want your disciples wiped out, do you?”
Kuang Long finally relented, “I’ll tell you, but you must promise to send a message so the Longhu disciples can flee.”
“Agreed.”
Soon, the Li family learned valuable information from Kuang Long, then left him to be drained by the Blood Spirit Fruit tree.
Afterward, Li Dalong disposed of Kuang Long’s corpse in the Undying Heavenly Coffin for refinement.
Frugality was key.
Once the battlefield was cleared, all the Li family members gathered in the ancestral hall, incense smoke filling the space.
“Ancestor, your descendant is useless. If not for your intervention, the Longhu brothers would have escaped,” Li Dalong repeatedly bowed.
[You used “Ancestor’s Warmth” on descendant Li Dalong, consuming 20 incense points.]
Li Xiang took the opportunity to cast a skill on Li Dalong.
In truth, it wasn’t Li Dalong’s fault—the Longhu brothers were truly formidable, stronger than any false Dan cultivator the Li family had faced before.
Without “Ancestor’s Wrath Unleashed,” their capture would have been uncertain.
“This skill is really powerful!”
Glancing at the skill, Li Xiang felt a surge of excitement.
Compared to the first level, it was easier to use, requiring no mouse control.
One click, one lock-on; the enemy won’t die, the skill won’t extinguish!
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